Broda, Maximilian DavideMaximilian DavideBrodade Haas, BenjaminBenjaminde Haas2023-11-132023-11-132023https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/18618http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-17982Humans infer mental states and traits from faces and their expressions. Previous research focused on the role of eyes and mouths in this process, even though most observers fixate somewhere in between. Here, we report that ratings of the nose region are surprisingly consistent with those for the full face and even with subjective feelings of the nose bearer. We propose the nose as central to faces and their perception.enNamensnennung 4.0 Internationalemotionface perceptionfeatures/partsperceptionnoseddc:150Reading the mind in the nose